Get expert techniques and best practices for creating professional-looking documents, slide presentations, and workbooks. And apply these skills as you work with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel in Office 2010 or Office for Mac 2011. This hands-on guide provides constructive advice and advanced, timesaving tips to help you produce compelling content that delivers—in print or on screen.

Work smarter—and create content with impact!

Create your own custom Office themes and templates

Use tables and styles to help organize and present content in complex Word documents

Leave a lasting impression with professional-quality graphics and multimedia

Work with PowerPoint masters and layouts more effectively

Design Excel PivotTables for better data analysis and reporting

Automate and customize documents with Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and Open XML Formats